tislibrary - Six Traits

Convention

Ideas

Organization

Sentence Fluency

Voice

Word Choice

CONVENTION

EF Ras

Yo! Yes? by Chris Raschka

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IDEAS

EF All	Miss Nelson is Back by Harry Allard and James Marshall
EF Bun	Fly Away Home by Eve Bunting
EF Bun	Smokey Night by Eve Bunting
EF Coo	Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
EF Pol	Thank You Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
EF Fox	Wilfrid Gordon McDonald Partridge by Mem Fox
EF McL	Roxaboxen by Alice McLerran
EF Ryl	The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant
EF Sen	Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
EF Sha	Sheep Out to Eat by Nancy Shaw
EF Tea	How I Spent My Summer Vacation by Mark Teague
EF Van	Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg
EF Van	The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg
EF Fox	Whoever You Are by Mem Fox
EF Lob	Fables by Arnold Lobel
EF Wil	A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
546.22 Wic	A Drop of Water by Walter Wick
E 628.1 Col	Magic School Bus at the Waterworks by Joanna Cole
EF Wil	The Disappearing Alphabet by Richard Wilbur
E 818.54 Wil	The Secret Knowledge of Grown Ups by David Wisniewski

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ORGANIZATION

EF Ban	When Sophie Gets Angry - Really, Really Angry... by Molly Bang (problem/solution scenarios)
E 398.2094771 Bre	The Mitten by Jan Brett
EF Bun	The Wednesday Surprise by Eve Bunting
EF Bur	The Little House: Her Story by Virginia Lee Burton
EF Che	The Great Kapok Tree by Lynne Cherry
EF Cro	Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin (letters back and forth)
EF Num	If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Numeroff
EF Sch	Snow by Uri Shulevitz
EF Tea	The Secret Shortcut by Mark Teague (good use of sequence words)
EF Van	The Mysteries of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg
EF Van	Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg
EF Vio	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
EF Wie	Tuesday by David Wiesner
EF Wie	June 29, 1999 by David Wiesner
EF Wil	A Chair for My Mother by Vera B. Williams
EF Woo	The Napping House by Don and Audrey Wood
E 179.6 Wab	Courage by Bernard Waber
E 398.209701 Dep	The Legend of the Blue Bonnet by Tomie DePaola
E 398.27 Zem	It Could Always Be Worse by Margot Zemach
E 398.2 Ste	Tops and Bottoms by Janet Stevens
E 637.1 Gib	The Milk Makers by Gail Gibbons
E 808.068 Chr	What Do Authors Do? by Eileen Christelow
323.1 Bri	Through My Eyes by Ruby Bridges (uses a variety of source materials to convey information)
E 520.92 Sis	Starry Messenger by Peter Sis
E 813.54 Les	Author: A True Story by Helen Lester

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SENTENCE FLUENCY

EF Fox	Night Noises by Mem Fox
EF Mar	Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.
EF Pee	Wump World by Bill Peet
EF Ste	Mufaro's Beautiful Daughters by John Steptoe
EF Vio	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
EF Wis	Tough Cookie by David Wisniewski
EF Woo	King Bidgood's In the Bathtub by Audrey and Don Wood
E398.121 Les	John Henry by Julies Lester
546.22 Wic	A Drop of Water by Walter Wick

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VOICE

EF Bun	The Wednesdsay Surprise by Eve Bunting
EF Coo	Miss Rumphius by Barbara Cooney
EF Cro	Diary of a Worm by Doreen Cronin
EF Cur	Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day by Jamie Curtis
EF Hen	Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes
EF Hen	Julius, The Baby of the World by Kevin Henkes
EF Hes	When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest
EF Hof	Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman
EF Les	Tacky the Penguin by Helen Lester
EF Mun	The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch
EF Pol	Mrs. Katz and Tush by Patricia Polacco
EF Pol	Thank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
EF Rin	Tar Beach by Faith Ringold
EF Ryl	When I Was Young and in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant
EF Sci	The Frog Prince, Continued by Jon Scieszka
EF Sci	Math Curse by Jon Scieszka
EF Sci	The Stinky Cheese Man and other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
EF Sci	The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
EF Sha	No David by David Shannon
EF Ste	Amos and Boris by William Steig
EF Ste	Brave Irene by William Steig
EF Tri	The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad Pig by Eugene Trivizas
EF Van	Two Bad Ants by Chris Van Allsburg
EF Vio	Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
EF Hes	When Jessie Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest
JF Dah	The Twits by Roald Dahl
EF Wil	The Velveteen Rabbit by Margary Williams
362.196 Coe	Sadako by Eleanor Coerr
398.20938 Cli	The Egyptian Cinderella by Shirley Climo
398.20951 Lou	Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China by Ai-Ling Louie

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WORD CHOICE

EF Bak	The Magic Fan by Keith Baker
EF Cur	Today I Feel Silly and Other Moods That Make My Day by Jamie Lee Curtis
EF Fox	Possum Magic by Mem Fox
EF Mar	Swine Lake by James Marshall
EF Sci	The True Story of the Three Little Pigs by Jon Scieszka
EF Sen	Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
EF Ste	Brave Irene by William Steig
EF Yol	Owl Moon by Jane Yolen
X Par	Teach Us, Amelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
JF Sni	A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket
179.9 You	Voices of the Heart by Ed Young
E 428.1 Hel	A Cache of Jewels by Ruth Heller
E 781.65 Pin	Duke Ellington by Andrea Davis Pinkney

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